Is it 20 points different? Trollier played the second half against Offaly btw. I’d love us to beat Limerick but I’d give us no chance of doing so at the current time, unfortunately. I think we are missing injured/Cuala lads more than they miss the Na Piarsaigh players.

Is it 20 points different? Trollier played the second half against Offaly btw. I’d love us to beat Limerick but I’d give us no chance of doing so at the current time, unfortunately. I think we are missing injured/Cuala lads more than they miss the Na Piarsaigh players.

I think it is a 20 point difference tbh. That team against Offaly weren’t of inter county standard, or at least enough of them weren’t, today was different.

It is difficult to explain, because I know the score line isn’t impressive, but I thought every player played well. I can’t think of one where their man got the better of them. Maybe the full back on Dillon, but that is about it. I think the closeness of the score was due to the narrowness of the pitch, so no player ever had space and also Ryan not being on the frees at the start or at the end ( he was subbed about 15 min from time). He was 100% for frees and I would think Burke about 60%).

But seeing Surcliffe, Keaney, Rushe and even Burke grab the ball out of the air was very encouraging. The half back line were super and I thought the full back line did well, until Antrim put a big lad in there that did some damage.

Couldn’t agree more, Danny was excellent for 50min when match fitness caught up with him. 1st game back for O’Donnell too. The physicality was much better this week. Also I can’t emphasise how poor the referee was - particularly in the 2nd half.
The short term goal is not to beat Galway or Limerick in the league but to build up to being competitive with Kilkenny/Galway and beating Wexford/Offaly in the Championship.